Shoutline

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A line of text that is formatted to be particularly eye-catching.

    "The shoutline of the poster for the film (which had some theatrical exhibition in countries like Spain, Germany and some in South America and a substantial video release) was: 'He came to destroy her family. And she fell in love with him.'"

Example

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"The shoutline of the poster for the film (which had some theatrical exhibition in countries like Spain, Germany and some in South America and a substantial video release) was: 'He came to destroy her family. And she fell in love with him.'"

Etymology

From shout + line.

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